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commodorified ([personal profile] commodorified) wrote2012-02-27 01:58 am

Skud is catching up on business correspondance

[personal profile] skud: I have a glass of bourbon which is nearly empty, and a google doc in which I am writing myself a recommendation letter.
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[personal profile] skud: already removed them.

Which reminded me that, as I am somewhat ill and in need of amusement, it's time for word games, specifically for a round of:

Action Verbs To Avoid When Writing Your CV


I'll start:

Defenestrate
Abscond
Strafe
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[personal profile] thorfinn 2012-02-27 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
Deliquesce.
Discombobulate.
Disembowel.
Deny.
Deliverate.

My brain is stuck on D, apparently.
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
True story, so my high school buddy who microwaved the cordless phone that one time actually kept a katana in the trunk of his car when doing pizza delivery.
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[personal profile] thorfinn 2012-02-27 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
Was this before or after having reading a certain novel? :-)
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-02-27 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Slightly before, as I directly insisted that he borrow my copy.
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[personal profile] thorfinn 2012-02-27 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
That is hilarious. :-)
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[personal profile] cme 2012-02-28 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
I have a friend who got a pizza delivery job because of that book. He sheepishly admitted that even though he knew it wasn't going to be that glamorous, it was even less glamorous than he had expected, and, in fact, was actually kind of terrible.

I tease him about it to this day. :D